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Mouthwash comments on The basic argument for the feasibility of transhumanism - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Mouthwash 24 October 2012 05:35:35PM 0 points [-]

Here's an interesting problem: why do we live in this era? Imagine the people that lived before we migrated out of Africa; when the human population was less than 10,000. What were the odds of being one of those people? At least less than winning the lottery, obviously. So we can conclude that the likelihood of living in a specific time period is proportional to the amou